The Canadian Press’ recap.Matthew Highmore scored twice
and Connor Donaghey had a goal and two assists as the Saint John Sea Dogs
defeated the visiting Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 4-2 in Wednesday's Quebec
Major Junior Hockey League action.

SaintJohnSeaDogs.com’s recap. The Saint John Sea Dogs
defeated the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 4-2 in front of 4,114 fans at Harbour
Station in Wednesday’s Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

CapeBretonEagles.com’s recap.Two third period goals in a
span of 13 seconds was the difference as the Saint John Sea Dogs defeated the
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 4-2 in front of 4,114 fans on hand at Harbour
Station on Wednesday.

The Saint John Sea Dogs, coming off a tough 1-0 loss to
the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Sunday, battle the Cape Breton Screaming
Eagles, coming off a large 12-2 loss in Moncton last night, this evening at
7pm. $8 upper bowl tickets are available.

Both teams have had a rough stretch recently as the
regular season winds down. Along with being on four-game losing skids, both squads have just two victories in their past 10 games.

It has been a much worse season for Cape Breton than
Saint John. The Screaming Eagles enter play today with a 12-40-3-5 record and
sit dead last in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. With eight games left
on their schedule, they are nine points behind the 16th-place
Sherbrooke Phoenix. It doesn’t look like the Eagles will be appearing in
this year’s post-season.

William Carrier leads Cape Breton in scoring with 16
goals and 26 assists for 42 points in 34 games this season. Unfortunately for
the Eagles he has not played since December 14 because of injury.

Saint John enters action this evening with a 21-37-1-0
record which is good for fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 15th
overall. They are trying to stay ahead of the Phoenix who are just two points
back. Each team has nine games remaining.

Jakub Izacky leads the Sea Dogs in scoring with 19 goals
and 12 assists for 31 points in 54 games.

This could be an entertaining game to watch or it could be just…
blah. We’ll see. Hopefully the Sea Dogs can play the same way they did in the
first two periods of Sunday’s game.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Former Sea Dogs defenseman Gabriel Bourret has been suspended two games by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for an incident with a fan this past Saturday in Rouyn-Noranda.

Here’s the release from the league:

The Director of Player Safety of the Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League, Raymond Bolduc, today suspended Gabriel Bourret of the Gatineau
Olympiques for 2 games. The suspension was handed out following an
unsportsmanlike conduct at the penalty box during the February 23 game.

The Director of Player Safety took this decision after
watching the video of the incident, considered the various reports, spoken to
the organizations involved and consulted with his senior advisor, Sébastien
Bordeleau.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League will not be
available for further comment.

Bourret, while in the penalty box, reportedly threw a
water bottle into the stands and hit a fan with his stick. The fan involved
also reportedly filed a complaint to police about the incident. The Ottawa Citizen has more on that.

The 20-year old d-man has five goals and 27 assists in 57
games with the Olympiques this year. He played 37 games with Saint John in
2009-10 and 63 in 2010-11, helping the Sea Dogs win the Memorial Cup.

Sea Dogs F Justin Dickinson
(personal reasons) has left the team for the remainder of the
season.
— Tim Roszell (@TimRoszell889) February
26, 2013

Dickinson, who joined the Sea Dogs in December after
starting the year with the Maritime Junior Hockey League’s Miramichi
Timberwolves, recorded an assist, -6 rating, and 46 penalty minutes in 19 games
with Saint John. He was a 10th-round pick of the Sea Dogs in the
2012 QMJHL Entry Draft.

Dickinson had six fights with the Dogs, second most on the team this season behind Oliver Cooper. One of his fights was this time big
time tilt against Kyle Haas a couple weeks ago.

Saint John has nine games remaining on their regular
season schedule, including a match tomorrow night against Cape Breton Screaming
Eagles.

The Canadian Press’ recap. Jerome Verrier scored the
winning goal at 16:34 of the third period while on the power play and
Louis-Philip Guindon stopped 26 shots as Drummondville (32-23-4) handed the Sea
Dogs (21-37-1) their fourth loss in a row.

SaintJohnSeaDogs.com’s recap. Sebastien Auger did as much
as he could to keep the Saint John Sea Dogs in the game, but the Drummondville
Volitgeurs took home a 1-0 decision over the Sea Dogs. The biggest crowd of the
season of 5,861 took in Sunday afternoon’s Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
action at Harbour Station.

Bourret was a sixth-round pick of the Sea Dogs in 2009.
He helped the team win a national title in 2011, recording 33 points in 63
regular season games and another three in 19 playoff matches. Saint John traded him to Chicoutimi at the 2011 QMJHL Entry Draft.

SAINT JOHN – For just the second time this season and the
first time since November, the Saint John Sea Dogs take on the Drummondville
Voltigeurs. Game time this afternoon is 3pm at Harbour Station.

The Sea Dogs are coming off a rough home-and-home series
against the Halifax Mooseheads. Saint John lost both games and were outscored a
combined 14-4. Hopefully things go better today.

The Dogs currently sit fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division
and 15th overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with a
21-36-1-0 record. Saint John has lost three straight and are 2-7-1-0 in their
last 10 games.

Saint John is in a battle with the Sherbrooke Phoenix in
the bottom of the standings. A win by the Dogs today would put them four points
up on the 16th-place Phoenix with nine games remaining in the
regular season.

Drummondville sits fourth in the Telus West Division and
10th overall in the league with a 31-23-2-2 record. They’ve lost two
straight and are 5-5 in their last 10.

The Volts are in a battle for playoff positioning in the
middle of the standings. They are three points back of the Val-d’Or Foreurs who
sit ninth and the PEI Rocket who sit eighth. The top eight teams will have home
ice advantage in the opening round of the playoffs.

Drummondville is led by Jerome Verrier who has 29 goals
and 36 points for 65 points in 58 games.

Charlie Coyle, called up again by the Minnesota Wild yesterday, scored his first National Hockey League goal on Saturday night
against the Calgary Flames, tying the contest at 1-1 at 8:56 of the first.

As it turned out, this would be Minnesota's only goal of the game in a 3-1 loss. Coyle finished with two penalty minutes, one shot, and one hit in 14:23 of ice time. He was named the game's third star.

Here's Coyle post-game:

Coyle was playing in his sixth NHL game on Saturday. He
had been held pointless in the previous games he has played in in his first
season of pro hockey. He has not looked out of place with the Wild.

Sir Charles is having a good rookie year with the
American Hockey League’s Houston Aeros, recording 14 goals and 11 assists in 47
games.

Coyle joins Simon Despres and Jonathan Huberdeau has
former Sea Dogs to score at the NHL level.

SaintJohnSeaDogs.com’s recap. The Saint John Sea Dogs
were nearly shutout by the Halifax Mooseheads in the seventh meeting between
the clubs in 2012-13. The Moose took a 6-1 decision in Friday’s Quebec Major
Junior Hockey League action.

SCRATCHES: The biggest piece of pre-game news last night
was that Sea Dogs captain Pierre Durepos was not in the lineup. According to
News 88.9, he is suffering from fairly minor lower body injury.

Other Saint John scratches were Connor Donaghey, Brett
Malone, and Michael Abbott.

DROUIN: With three assists on Friday, Jonathan Drouin
extended his league best point streak to 22 games. He has registered 20 goals
and 29 assists over the impressive streak.

The talented second-year forward now sits third in league
scoring with 35 goals and 54 assists for 89 points in 41 games. He is just
one-point back of league point leader Peter Trainor.

MACAULAY: Former Sea Dog Stephen MacAulay had an assist
last night against his old team. He also had one hit, went 10/16 in the faceoff
circle, and took an interference penalty in the first period.

Friday, February 22, 2013

The Dogs headed to Herd country as the prepared to face
off against the Halifax Mooseheads on Friday evening at the Halifax Metro
Centre.

Alex Fournier started in net for Saint John while Zach
Fucale stood in net for Halifax.

FIRST PERIOD

Former Sea Dog turned Moosehead, Stephen MacAulay kicked
off the penalties at 3:25 with an interference penalty.

Steven Duda spent some time in the box at 5:52 after
being sent off for hooking.

Olivier LeBlanc took an unfortunate delay of game penalty
at 11:32.

Stefan Fournier put the first Halifax point up on the
board at 13:31. This was soon followed by Andrew Ryan just seconds later at
13:43 as he scored the second goal of the night. Within seconds it was 2-0 for
Halifax.

Max Lindsay was handed an unsportsmanlike conduct for
spraying Fournier with snow at 14:27.

Jurij Repe sent the Sea Dogs back to the penalty kill at
17:49 for hooking, followed by Matthew Highmore just seconds after the penalty
ended at 19:59 for high sticking. This would result in Saint John starting the
second period shorthanded.

Shots in the first were 16-4 Halifax.

SECOND PERIOD

As if Saint John hadn’t spent enough time in the box,
Justin Dickinson headed off for slashing at 3:32.

Andrew Ryan scored his unassisted goal, the 4th of the
night for Halifax. It was 4-0 at 7:29.

Matt Murphy took a high sticking call, sending Saint John
to the power play at 8:15.

It became 5-0 when Brent Andrews scored at 13:34.

Noah Zilbert got a little steamed at 14:03 and he was
sent off, sending the Moose to the power play which resulted in Darcy Ashley
scoring 13 seconds into their man advantage at 14:16.

Austin Hardie took a slashing call at 15:54 and then
battled it out with Oliver Cooper. Both players would take matching fighting
penalties.

Brendan Duke took the last penalty of the second period
at 17:42 for interference.

The period would end with a score of 6-0 for Halifax. The
Herd also continued to lead in the shots on goal category with 26-10.

HALIFAX, NS – With 11 games left, the Sherbrooke Phoenix
are gaining ground on the Saint John Sea Dogs.

The Sea Dogs currently sit 15th overall in the
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with 43 points. Meanwhile, the 16th-placed
Pheonix, who have two straight and are 4-6 in their last 10 games, are only
three points back. Shawinigan is 17th with 35 points and Cape Breton
is in last with 32.

The Sea Dogs will very likely make the playoffs and, no
matter where they finish, will have a massive challenge in the first-round. But
where they finish could have a big impact on the team’s future. If they end up
in 15th they will select fourth overall in this year’s draft while
finishing in 16th would mean picking third.

As the season winds down, this battle between the Phoenix
and Sea Dogs for positioning will at least give us all something to follow and
keep an eye. They’ll both be in tough tonight as Saint John takes on the
Halifax Mooseheads and Sherbrooke faces the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.

The Sea Dogs and Mooseheads just met this past Wednesday
at Harbour Station where Halifax won 8-3. The Moose led 4-0 after one and 8-1 after
two. A win will be hard to come by for the Dogs tonight, but hopefully they
improve from Wednesday’s performance.

Saint John enters play this evening with a 21-35-1-0
record which is good for fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division. They are
2-7-1-0 in their last 10 and have lost back-to-back matches.

Jakub Izacky is Saint John’s leading scorer with 30
points in 52 games this year.

Halifax enters action tonight with a 47-6-2-1 record.
They sit first overall in the league, have already clinched the Maritimes
Division title, and are ranked second in the Canadian Hockey League again this
week.

The Moose are led by Jonathan Drouin who has 86 points in
40 games. The 2013 NHL Draft eligible forward had four points Wednesday in
Saint John.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Jonathan Huberdeau had yet another unreal night as the
Florida Panthers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 Thursday in Pennsylvania.

Huberdeau was named first star (we think - there are conflicting reports) as he scored two goals and
added two assists in the win. He also recorded three shots and a +3 rating in
17:34 of ice time. It was quite a night for the former Saint John Sea Dogs
captain.

After helping setup Florida’s opening goal at 8:15, the
Panthers rookie scored his first goal at 10:15 of the opening frame on a
penalty shot to give the visitors a 3-0 lead. Here’s video with both the Fox
Sports Florida and CSN Philadelphia feeds.

The Sea Dogs have announced details on their annual
awards banquet which will be held on Tuesday, March 19 at the Delta Brunswick.
This info from the team:

The Saint John Sea Dogs will once again celebrate their
annual awards with a banquet. Handed out since the 2005-2006 season, the awards
celebrate the many aspects of the team, from on-ice performance to community
involvement and more.

The 2012-2013 banquet is set for March 19 at the Delta
Brunswick Ballroom. Ticket prices are $70 for a single ticket and $500 for a
table of eight. For season-ticket holders prices are $55 for a single ticket
and $400 for a table of eight. The formal night will include cocktails at 5:30
p.m., with the dinner and awards beginning at 6:30.

The awards given out in March are the Bell Aliant Most
Valuable Player, Grant Thornton Rookie of the Year, Sun Life Global Investments
Top Defenseman, Saint John Airport Academic Player of the Year, Tim Hortons
Most Improved Player, Irving Oil Team Player, ScotiaBank Community Service,
Alpine Three Stars, Children’s Wish Foundation Fan Choice, and the Pepsi Top
Scorer.

Last year’s winners include Grant West with the ScotiaBank
Community Service Award while Danick Gauthier took home the Tim Hortons Most
Improved Player Award. Stephen MacAulay won the Irving Oil Team Player Award
for the second year in a row with Kevin Gagne nabbing the Saint John Airport
Academic Player of the Year and the Sun Life Global Investments Top Defenseman
awards.

Two rookies played so well last year that the Grant
Thornton Rookie of the Year Award was given to both of them. Oliver Cooper and
Sebastien Auger split the prize as top rookies. Jonathan Huberdeau took the
Children’s Wish Fan Choice award and Zack Phillips grabbed the Bell Aliant Most
Valuable Player hardware.

Gauthier was a three time winner at last year’s banquet,
taking home the most hardware. Along with the Most Improved Player award, he
took home the Pepsi Top Scorer and Apine 3-Star Awards as well.

Tim Hamel and Jonathan Langille are now the answers to a
trivia question.

If someone asks who were the referees in the game that
ended Acadie-Bathurst Titan forward Zach O’Brien’s streak of 181 games without
a penalty, the answer is Hamel and Langille.

The unbelievable mark has come to an end in the Quebec
Major Junior Hockey League with O’Brien’s first major junior foray into the sin
bin. He was whistled for interference of a player or goaltender at 1:52 of the
second period in a 5-1 loss to the Moncton Wildcats on Tuesday.

As if being a young man playing the volatile sport of
hockey and not taking so much as a hooking call in 181 games (191 if you count
the playoffs) isn’t impressive enough, a quick look at some other numbers
really puts the accomplishment into perspective.

82

Not only did O’Brien set a new record, he shattered the
previous mark by 82. The longest streak without a penalty before the
Newfoundland-born O’Brien etched his name into the record book was 99. The
player who compiled the second-longest streak in Q history was Jean-Luc Phaneuf
who played three seasons in the league with Montreal. Phaneuf’s streak
stretched from Nov. 5, 1973 to Feb. 4, 1975. O’Brien’s streak began Sept. 11,
2009 and ended with his last penalty-free game on Feb. 17, 2013.

The Canadian Press’ recap. Martin Frk scored three times
as part of a four-point night and Jonathan Drouin chipped in with a goal and
three assists Wednesday as the Halifax Mooseheads demolished the Saint John Sea
Dogs 8-3 in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

SaintJohnSeaDogs.com’s recap. The Saint John Sea Dogs
fell 8-3 at the hands of the Halifax Mooseheads in Wednesday’s Quebec Major
Junior Hockey League action. The 3,681 fans at Harbour Station gave returning
Sea Dog Stephen MacAulay a standing ovation during a pre-game ceremony
honouring the 20-year old.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

SAINT JOHN – Stephen MacAulay made his return to Harbour Station on Wednesday and burned his former team.

The 20-year old forward had a goal, an assist, and a +4 rating as he helped the Halifax Mooseheads defeat the Saint John Sea Dogs 8-3 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

It was a fairly dominating performance by the Mooseheads who led 4-0 after one and 8-1 after two. Halifax came flying out of the gate, scoring two even strength goals, a power play goal, and a shorthanded goal in the first period alone. Oh, and they outshot Saint John 12-4.

Martin Frk recorded a hat trick while other singles came courtesy of Andrew Ryan, Jonathan Drouin, Luca Ciampini, and MacKenzie Weegar. Drouin, the highly touted forward for the 2013 NHL Draft, also registered three assists.

Mooseheads backup goaltender Chris Clarke made 24 saves in the win.

Saint John had goals from Jurij Repe, Maxime Villemaire, and Matthew Highmore.

Goaltender Sebastien Auger was pulled in the second period after allowing six goals on 21 shots. Alex Fournier took over in relief and allowed two goals on 19 shots the rest of the way.

Overall, Halifax out shot Saint John 40-27. The Moose went 2-for-5 on the power play while the Dogs went 1-for-5.

Not a whole lot of positives to take from this game; the Mooseheads are a real good team. At least Highmore, returning from a lower body injury, looked good. Hopefully things go better when the two teams meet for a rematch on Friday.

NOTES: See Sea Dogs Postscript tomorrow on SN.

NEXT GAME: The Dogs travel to Moose Country to face the Herd on Friday night at 7pm.

SAINT JOHN – Stephen MacAulay returns to Harbour Station
tonight to face his old team.

MacAulay, traded to the Halifax Mooseheads during the
holiday trading period, has 10 goals and eight assists in 17 games with the
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s top team. He’ll be honoured tonight when
his new team faces off against his old team at 7pm.

The 20-year old defensive forward helped Saint John have
plenty of success over the years and now he is doing the same in Halifax. The Mooseheads sit
atop the QMJHL standings with a 46-6-2-1 record for 95 points. They are 13
points ahead of the second-place Rimouski Oceanic with two games in hand.

The Moose have won four straight and are 8-2-0-0 in their
last 10 games. They are also 21-4-1-1 on the road this year.

Halifax is led by their young guns in Jonathan Drouin and
Nathan MacKinnon. Drouin leads the squad in scoring with 82 points in 39 games
while MacKinnon is second with 69 in 41. MacKinnon will not play tonight due to
a knee injury.

Like Saint John the past few years, the Mooseheads are
loaded with stars. Along with MacKinnon and Drouin, their roster also includes
the likes of Martin Frk, Konrad Abeltshauser, Matt Murphy, and Zach Fucale.

Saint John enters play tonight with a 21-34-1-0 record
which is good for fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 15th
overall. They are 2-7-1-0 in their last 10 games.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

At 1:25 of the second period, Zach O’Brien took the first
penalty of his 182-game regular season Quebec Major Junior Hockey League career. It was an
interference penalty. As far as we know, the game was not stopped to honour the
historic moment.

It’s incredible that it took this long. O’Brien plays big
minutes and has recorded 248 points in his QMJHL career. It’s amazing that he
wasn’t even accidently taken off following a scrum or something like that.
Gotta respect the guy.

The 20-year old forward played four-and-a-half seasons
with the Saint John Sea Dogs prior to being traded to the Halifax Mooseheads during this
year’s holiday trading period. The Sea Dogs received a 2013 fourth-round pick
and a 2014 second-round pick in return.

A third-round pick of the Sea Dogs in 2008, MacAulay
registered 58 goals and 71 assists for 129 points in 255 games.

MacAulay has a great chance to play in his fourth
straight President’s Cup final and third consecutive Memorial Cup tournament with
the Mooseheads. Halifax is running away with first-place in the Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League with a 46-6-2-1 record for 95 points. The Rimouski Oceanic are the
closest team behind them with 82 points.

After a long stretch in the top spot, the Mooseheads have
been ranked second for a few weeks in the BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 Rankings.

So the Moose will be without Lovell tomorrow. The Chronicle Herald also reports Trey Lewis is experiencing concussion like
symptoms. Star forward Nathan MacKinnon hasn’t played since February 8 due to a
knee injury.

This game will be the first of a home-and-home between the Sea Dogs and Mooseheads. They also meet Friday night in Halifax.
The Moose are 4-0-1-0 against the Dogs with three games remaining in the season
series.

Monday, February 18, 2013

Following today’s Ryan Tesink trade hearing involving the
Saint John Sea Dogs and Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, the Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League issued an update stating there is nothing to update at this
point.

Here’s the league’s massive 40-word release:

Following a meeting today concerning the case of the Ryan
Tesink trade, the Saint John Sea Dogs, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada and Quebec
Major Junior Hockey League will not comment any further. The Commissioner will
submit his decision following a review process.

So now we wait.

If you are new to this saga, Tesink, who was traded to
the Armada in exchange for a first-round pick during the holiday trading
period, has not played since January 13 due to a knee injury. The Armada are
claiming the Sea Dogs were aware of the injury before the trade took place.

If you missed Andrew McGilligan’s column today regarding
the league’s “no further comment” stance on situations like these, it’s an excellent read.

Today is a big moment for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey
League in its relations with fans. It’s the day the league will sit down and
hash out whether the claim that Ryan Tesink was damaged goods when the Saint
John Sea Dogs dealt the 19-year-old to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada for a
first-round draft pick is valid or not.

I won’t pretend to know the ins and outs of the situation
beyond what has been reported, but I know the league can’t handle this
situation in their typical fashion. The QMJHL is prone to simply releasing a
statement regarding their decisions and saying no further comment will be
forthcoming.

Once again, I don’t know why this is policy, but I do
know there have been several decisions that have been controversial at best and
the league has never bothered to clarify. Perhaps the theory is if you can’t
justify your decision, it’s best not to open your mouth and confirm it.

This brings us to today’s hearing. No matter what the
decision, the league – specifically commissioner Gilles Courteau – needs to
make it clear why the decision was made in favour of one side or another. If it
does not, than fans should feel insulted by the league brass – specifically
Courteau.

By not defending key decisions in the past, the league
has set a precedent that it doesn’t feel the need to keep the people who make
the QMJHL viable – the fans – aware of what is happening in the league they pay
money to watch. This boils down, in my opinion, to a simple lack of respect or,
at worst, disdain for the fans by those running the league office.

Perhaps Courteau will come out and explain today’s
decision. Nothing is impossible, but a betting man wouldn’t be putting money
down on that one. Maybe Courteau will do as he has done in the past and pass
the buck on the decision by saying it was out of his hands (as he did with the
2012 Memorial Cup bid).

No matter the decision, fans are owed an explanation. If
none is forthcoming, than the league will continue to operate at its status
quo. A vague and secretive status quo which keeps everyone in the dark, but a
status quo none the less.

Alot of eyes on the @qmjhl office this
week.The Sea Dogs/Armada Ryan Tesink injury hearing is today.Both teams to
present their case.
— John Moore (@rinkrant) February
18, 2013

Tesink played 6 gms for Armada but
hasn't played since due to damaged knee. May boil down to "full
disclosure" vs "player privacy."
— John Moore
(@rinkrant) February
18, 2013

The Sea Dogs said Thursday they would not be speaking
about the hearing until after today’s events unfold, but head coach and general
manager Mike Kelly did discuss it a bit in the Telegraph-Journal (paywall).

“In my experience in hockey, these things are handled in
a different type of manner,” Kelly said. “But that said, they have every right
to (request a hearing). I’m not going to whine and complain about it. I’m just going
to follow the procedure.”

There’s no point in even trying to guess what the outcome
of this whole thing will be. Neate Sager of Yahoo! Sports nailed it on Thursday, writing “’normal,’ ‘QMJHL’ and ‘Saint John Sea Dogs’ should never be
in the same sentence.”

Sunday, February 17, 2013

With Dickinson’s fights this weekend, he is now tied with
Oliver Cooper for the team lead with six.

COYLE

Charlie Coyle was sent back down to the American Hockey
League’s Houston Aeros on Thursday. In five games with the Minnesota Wild,
Coyle was held pointless with a -1 rating, two penalty minutes, and six shots
on goal.

Despite going pointless in his first NHL stint, he played
well.

“I think it’s going to help immensely,” Wild coach Mike
Yeo told the Minnesota Star Tribune. “Just learning from the opportunity -- but
I just finished talking to him -- and knowing that he can play at this level
and knowing that he can be effective. All he has to do is play his game. So he
should go back down and be very confident with that. Not sure of the timing,
but I’m pretty much all but certain that we’ll see him again at some point.”

He’ll be back in the NHL at some point. In 46 games in
the AHL, Sir Charles has 14 goals and 11 assists.

A collection of recaps from last night’s 6-2 Saint John
Sea Dogs loss to the PEI Rocket…

Our recap. The Saint John Sea Dogs got off to a good
start but could not contain the PEI Rocket in a 6-2 loss in Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League action on Saturday night at the Charlottetown Civic Centre.

The Guardian’s recap. Jimmy Oligny had three assists and
the P.E.I. Rocket won its second game in as many nights Saturday in Quebec
Major Junior Hockey League action.

The Canadian Press’ recap. Victor Provencher and Matthew
Bursey each had a goal and an assist and Antoine Bibeau made 24 saves as the
Rocket (32-21-2) downed Saint John (21-34-1) for the fifth time in six meetings
this season.

PEIRocket.com’s recap. Victor Provencher's second period
power play goal became the eventual game winning goal as the P.E.I. Rocket
downed the Saint John Sea Dogs 6-2 Saturday night at the Civic Centre.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

CHARLOTTETOWN – The Saint John Sea Dogs got off to a good
start but could not contain the PEI Rocket in a 6-2 loss in Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League action on Saturday night at the Charlottetown Civic Centre.

The Sea Dogs opened the scoring but would never lead
again in the game. They had a fairly good first period, out shooting the Rocket
14-13, but could not carry that over into the rest of the contest. Saint John, playing
their third game in three days, had to be feeling some fatigue as the game
dragged on.

Michael Abbott and Stephen Anderson scored the Sea Dogs’
only goals. Alex Fournier allowed five goals on 32 shots in the loss.

Abbott opened the scoring at 2:54, blasting a slapper by
Bibeau to give Saint John a 1-0 lead. The Rocket tied it up at 8:55 as Beran
scored his 14th of the year.

Shots in a fast paced opening frame were 14-13 in favour
of Saint John.

Just 13 seconds into the second period, Saint John native
Matt Bursey banged a rebound past Fournier to give PEI their first lead of
the hockey match.

Fast forward to 11:03, Provencher connected on a power
play to give the Rocket a 3-1 lead. Then on a power play of their own, Saint
John cut the Rocket’s lead to 3-2 as Anderson scored at 18:57.

Despite being out shot 16-5 in the middle stanza, the Sea
Dogs headed to dressing room down just one goal.

Yan Pavel Laplante restored PEI’s two-goal lead at 7:39,
making it a 4-2 contest.

At 12:56, heavy weights Justin Dickinson and Patrick
McGrath dropped the gloves but it wasn’t much of a fight. Dickinson sort of
flipped over McGrath and the two tumbled to the ice, ending that
confrontation.

The Sea Dogs took a risk and pulled Fournier with over
two minutes remaining in the game. The risk didn’t pay off as Marcotte scored
at 17:26 to make it 5-2. Robichaud added another goal 30 seconds later– this one with Fournier in
the net – to make it a 6-2 final.

Jack Nevins scored as the final buzzer sounded but, after
a review, the goal did not count.

Shots in the third were 9-8 PEI and 38-27 overall.

Saint John went 1-for-7 on the power play while PEI went
1-for-6.

NOTES: See Sea Dogs Postscript tomorrow on SN.

NEXT GAME: The Sea Dogs take on Stephen MacAulay and the
Halifax Mooseheads on Wednesday night at Harbour Station.

The Sea Dogs are on Prince Edward Island to battle the
Rocket this evening. Saint John is
coming off one of their best victories of the season last night, beating the
Moncton Wildcats 4-2. PEI is coming off a 5-2 win in Bathurst last night.

This is Saint John’s third game in three days so backup Alex
Fournier gets the start in net. Fournier's last start was on February 8 where he collected his first QMJHL win.

CHARLOTTETOWN – The Saint John Sea Dogs wrap up a
three-in-three tonight in Charlottetown.

The Sea Dogs are coming one of their most entertaining
wins of the season as they defeated the Moncton Wildcats 4-2 last night at Harbour
Station. It was quite a turnaround from Thursday’s disappointing 3-2 loss to
the lowly Shawinigan Cataractes.

Saint John will look to carry the momentum gained from
last night’s victory into this evening’s game on Prince Edward Island. The Dogs
take on the Rocket at 7pm at the Charlottetown Civic Centre.

The Dogs have struggled against the Rocket this season,
going 1-4-0-0 against them so far. They have three meetings left including
tonight’s tilt.

Saint John enters play with a 21-33-1-0 record which is
good for fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 15th overall in
the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They have struggled over the past
few weeks and are 2-7-1-0 in their last 10 games.

On the road this season the Sea Dogs are 10-16-1-0 and
have been outscored 120-80.

PEI enters action tonight with a 31-21-2-0 record. They
sit third in the Maritimes Division and ninth overall in the league. The Rocket
are only five points back of the Moncton Wildcats who sit second in the
division.

The Rocket are in battle for playoff positioning in the
middle of the standings. The top eight teams will have home ice advantage in
the first round. PEI currently sits ninth with 64 points but are just one-point
of the Val-d’Or Foreurs who sit eighth and two back of the Rouyn-Noranda
Huskies who sit seventh.

PEI is led by two of the league’s top scorers in Ben
Duffy and Josh Currie. Duffy sits second in the league in points with 86 while
Currie is third with 83.

A collection of recaps from last night’s 4-2 Saint John
Sea Dogs win over the Moncton Wildcats…

Our recap. It was game two of a three game weekend for
the Saint John Sea Dogs as they set their sights on long-time rivals the Moncton
Wildcats. The two teams battled it out at Harbour Station on Friday evening.

The Telegraph-Journal’s recap (paywall). The Saint John
Sea Dogs put pucks on net and were rewarded with a 4-2 win over the Moncton
Wildcats Friday evening at Harbour Station.

The Canadian Press’ recap. Sebastien Auger stopped
44-of-46 shots and Connor Donaghey's second-career QMJHL goal stood up as the
winner as the Sea Dogs (21-33-1) doubled up Moncton (34-19-1) for just their
second win in their last 11 games.

SaintJohnSeaDogs.com’s recap. The Saint John Sea Dogs
upset the Moncton Wildcats by a score of 4-2 in front of 4,056 fans at Harbour
Station in Friday’s Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

Moncton-Wildcats.com’s recap.Behind the goaltending of
Sebastien Auger, the Saint John Seadogs
doubled up the Moncton Wildcats 4-2 Friday night at Harbour Station.

Friday, February 15, 2013

SAINT JOHN - It was game two of a three game weekend for
the Saint John Sea Dogs as they set their sights on long-time rivals the
Moncton Wildcats. The two teams battled it out at Harbour Station on Friday
evening.

Sebastien Auger once again returned to net for Saint John
while Cole Holowenko started in net for Moncton. Holowenko would later be
replaced by Alex Dubeau after twenty three minutes of ice time.

FIRST PERIOD

Things kicked off with a bang as Kyle Haas and Justin
Dickinson dropped the gloves with less than two minutes into play. They would
both be sent off to cool off in the box with fighting penalties.

Alex Saulnier took a high sticking call at 3:34 soon
followed by Cole Holowenko for a delay of game at 3:52. Holowenko’s penalty
sent the Sea Dogs to their first power play. Jakub Izacky was all over that one
as he put the first point up on the board for Saint John with help from Repe
and Anderson.

It didn’t take long for Moncton to answer Saint John’s
goal with one of their own as Yannick Veilleux scored at 6:43.

Things heated up between Ross Johnston and Maxime
Villemaire at 8:48 but the result was a pair of roughing penalties.

The second goal of the game was also for the Sea Dogs,
this time scored by Noah Zilbert. He was assisted by Oliver Cooper at 10:12.

Steven Duda took the last penalty of the period at 15:20.
He spent time in the penalty box for holding.

SAINT JOHN – Coming off a disappointing loss to the
Shawinigan Cataractes last night, the Saint John Sea Dogs are back at it
tonight at Harbour Station. The Port City squad hosts the Moncton Wildcats this
evening at 7:30pm.

The Sea Dogs have dropped two straight and are 1-8-1-0 in
their last 10 games. The team has some breathing room in the playoff race, but
Sherbrooke and Shawinigan are slowly beginning to catch up.

Saint John enters play tonight with a 20-33-1-0 record.
They sit fifth in the Telus Maritimes Division and 15th overall in
the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The Dogs are 10-17-0-0 at Harbour
Station.

Jakub Izacky continues to lead Saint John in scoring with
17 goals and 11 assists for 28 points in 49 games. Izacky had the game tying
goal in last night’s loss to Shawinigan.

The Wildcats have certainly picked up the pace following
the holiday trading period. They are 8-2-0-0 in their last 10 games and have a
record of 34-18-1-0, good for second in the Maritimes Division and fifth overall.
The ‘Cats are unlikely to catch the division leading Halifax Mooseheads but are still in a heated race for playoff positioning in the overall standings.

Dmitrij Jaskin leads the Wildcats in scoring with 81
points in 43 games but he will not play tonight due to a suspension. But,
Moncton still has plenty of fire power with the likes of the Saulnier twins and Phillip
Danault.

This is the second game of a three-in-three stretch for
the Sea Dogs. They travel to PEI tomorrow.